I'm sure many of them do, but most do not go out into protests brandishing them as some kind of threat...yet. When any group opposing the current state brings explicitly deadly weapons, such as guns and high-explosive bombs, the state will use that as a "good" excuse to slaughter any that oppose it. However, I wouldn't doubt that most of them will start packing heat if the country takes a dramatic turn towards revolution, or if they happen to be walking through a Stalinist neighborhood..
